Weekly Music News 21.08.22
A roundup of music news for the week beginning August 21, 2022
Israel's wonderful, wild "Sinnery" is releasing a third single from its forthcoming album. The band says this song has opened most of its live sets over the past few years, and now it is finally out!
The new album, "Black Bile", arrives on September 16!
For only the second time in a Slipknot music video, Corey Taylor appears without his mask!! The first was in "Snuff", from Slipknot's album "All Hope Is Gone", released in 2008. Now we see him in the new video for "Yen", the third single from "The End, So Far", due on September 30.
Get your tickets ready!!!
The documentary about Ronnie James Dio, "Dio: Dreamers Never Die", will screen in cinemas worldwide for two days only: September 28 and October 2. We very much hope Israeli cinemas take part too!!
Long in the making and executive-produced by Wendy Dio, Ronnie's widow and longtime manager, the film tells the story of one of heavy metal's most influential figures, from his earliest musical ambitions as a 1950s doo-wop singer, through his rock years with Elf and Rainbow, to metal superstardom with Black Sabbath and Dio.
And another documentary...
A 90-minute film follows "Mastodon" through the recording of "Hushed and Grim". "The Making of Hushed & Grim" looks at a double album born from a period of deep grief and healing after the loss of manager Nick John. It includes one-on-one interviews with the band and others involved, stories about the experiences that shaped the music, and studio footage as the songs came together. John was not only the band's manager but a dear friend. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2018, and both the album and film pay tribute to him.
Well, it really is happening. The two surviving members of "Pantera", singer Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown, have announced their first shows under the band's name in more than twenty years. This December, they will play Hell & Heaven in Mexico, then head to South America for Knotfest Colombia, Knotfest Chile and Knotfest Brazil. As revealed about a month ago, guitarist Zakk Wylde and Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante will take the places of the Abbott brothers, Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul.
Singer Joe Lynn Turner has a new single, the title track from "Belly Of The Beast", due on October 28. Turner joins producer and multi-instrumentalist Peter Tägtgren for a heavy, powerful song that may bear little resemblance to Joe Lynn Turner in his Rainbow or Deep Purple days. The release also brought a change of social-media profile photo, showing Turner without a wig. He has spoken openly about wearing one since the age of fourteen after developing alopecia as a child.
Muse is releasing its ninth album, "Will of the People", alongside its fifth single, "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween", which has made our attempts to define the album's style irrelevant. This band never stops surprising us, but we really have not heard a single quite like this... Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me" meets Depeche Mode's "People Are People", with 1980s synthesizers and computerized effects, a solo that brings Prince back to life for a few seconds, and a video full of horror-film tributes...
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